forbode
Example Sentences
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The oppressive pressure, Raffles noted, “seemed to forbode an earthquake.”
From Scientific American • Mar. 1, 2013
The lyrics she has written in 1940 forbode Millay-things probably to come.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even though what they had seen might forbode evil to some one, what power had they to avert it?
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
The wretched woman was in despair; many of her neighbors had now returned and the prolonged absence of her Tunis seemed to forbode that he had either been killed or captured by the enemy.
From "Evacuation Day", 1783 Its Many Stirring Events: with recollections of Capt. John Van Arsdale by Riker, James
Straight would to horse the margrave, and with his warriors ride I ween, their hearts that moment their coming doom forbode.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
